Shiva Purana

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प्रत्ययो दृश्यते वृद्धे किं पुनस्तरुणे जने।। न चोंकारो न मन्त्रोपि नैव बीजं न चाक्षरम् ।। ३७।।

sanskrit

Confidence is seen in the elderly what to speak of the young There is no chonkara, no mantra, no seed, no syllable.

english translation

pratyayo dRzyate vRddhe kiM punastaruNe jane|| na coMkAro na mantropi naiva bIjaM na cAkSaram || 37||

hk transliteration by Sanscript